Westworld Season 4 Episode 8 is out now. Westworld Season 4 had started on an underwhelming note and the first two episodes of Season 4 felt like HBO milking one of their best shows passed its living days. But ever since then, it has been climbing its way up and has seen a significant upgrade in quality. Episode 4, and 5 were some of the best of the series and Episode 6 set up what’s to come in the final two episodes. The penultimate episode was a really good one and it brought back one of the best characters on the show, back to their former glory. While the finale was good, it certainly wasn’t the best episode of the season especially because of the extreme ambiguity of the show. So, here we’ll go through the events of the finale and talk about the future of Westworld. And yes, SPOILER WARNING is now in effect.
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Westworld Season 4 Rating – ★★★★
Ending Explained: Season 4 Ends on a Confusing Note, Lets Decode It!
Lets simply the end. William succeeding in upsetting the established order of this world. Both Hosts and Humans were massacred. If he believes that was always the game in Charlotte’s world- survival of the fittest. He simply bumped it up to the expert level. He wanted to do that to the Sublime but he was stopped. Charlotte listens to Bernard and gives Dolores a choice of one final test. Bernard must’ve seen all this in his vision that means this is the one way this world can be saved. He’ll return or not that is something to look out for.
Dolores is uploaded to the Sublime. She intends to test the future of humans and for the same she creates a copy of the original Westworld park in the Sublime. This test will determine to her whether humans have a future at all or was she wrong all along. Was she right when she was seeing the beauty in this world. As to how she’ll do this has to be seen. One thing to note is Frankie and her girlfriend have left the city and will join the rest of the outliers. That means some humans are still out there, off the grid.
However, according to Dolores’ description they too will perish in sometime as sentient life on Earth has ended. That includes Hosts as well. The next season of Westworld will be primarily focused on this simulation of the original simulation in the sublime where Dolores will conduct her final test. Westworld Season 4 certainly ends on a note where it sets the stage for a final season. Hopefully, another season is greenlit as the show getting cancelled at this time will certainly be heart breaking. The low viewership numbers are raising a lot of questions.
I’ll leave you with a quote from Dolores, ““There’s time for one last game. Survival or extinction. Maybe this time we’ll set ourselves free.”
When will Westworld Season 5 come out?
Ed Harris mentioned to The Hollywood Reporter that he expects the filming of the next season to start in April or May 2023. He seems positive of the show getting another season. He also mentioned that he expects Westworld to have “one more season”. Hopefully the low viewership numbers don’t act as a barrier for the show. If that is so then Westworld Season 5 will come out at the earliest around April or May 2025 however I think the wait would be much longer than that.
Westworld Season 4 Episode 8 is out on HBO Max or Disney+ depending on the region you live. All four Seasons of Westworld are available for streaming on HBO Max and Disney+
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